Impressive appearance for Liodakis Konstantinos
who took the second place!
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Konstantinos
Liodakis of SAX-ANEK LINES
made a great tournament, and won the second place
in the 3rd EU Junior Chess Championship. The colourful
Murek proved an ideal place for this tournament, as
the players had the chance to go for a walk or take
a ride in the wonderful forest around the town. The
fact also that Murek is placed in the heart of Europe
(in Austria) contributed to the massive participation,
as 110 players from 20 different countries took part
in the tournament.
Konstantinos represented Greece in
the U10 category, although he is only 9 years-old,
and played extremely well against strong opponents.He
made 2 wins in the first two games and took the lead
in the tournament from the beginning. Finally, he
managed to collect 7 points in 9 matches, ranked in
the first place, but Nagi from Hungary who also collected
7 points nominated winner of the championship. This
success is very important for Greek chess, as for
many years it was really difficult for Greek players
to succed in tournaments against players from Hungary,
Poland, Czech Republic and other european countries.
Konstantinos proved that he can make this difference,
as he had taken the third place in the World Student
Chess Championship a few months ago!
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In the U12 category, Tsarouha Marianthi
of SAX-ANEK LINES represented Greece.
Marianthi played well and could take a better position,
but she lost in the final round and finally took
the fifth place. The fact also that the U12 catecory
was a mixed category which included boys and girls
in the same tournament, shows that Marianthi played
in a strong tournament and that she carried off
useful experience.
Trainer of the Greek team and representative of
the Greek Chess Federation in the tournament was
Tsarouhas Konstantinos, coach of
SAX-ANEK LINES.
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(Down:Tthe Greek team took advantage of its free
time and enjoyed the wonderful countryside of Murek!)
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